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a composition in verse in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
This poem is titled, "An Ode to My Mother."
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Recent Examples of ode
Catchiest of all is this ode to a delicacy for all seasons.
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Husband-and-wife team Robert Adamson and Ying Chang’s ambitious ode to the cocktail genre was a nominee in the same category last year, but lost to Lula Drake Wine Parlour in Columbia, S.C.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The longganisa omelet is an ode to breakfast with its garlicky, homemade pork sausage, and the chicken adobo is zesty and flavorful.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
The little one was dressed in a grey onesie covered in brown footballs – an ode to her 29-year-old Kansas City Chiefs quarterback father.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Husband-and-wife team Robert Adamson and Ying Chang’s ambitious ode to the cocktail genre was a nominee in the same category last year, but lost to Lula Drake Wine Parlour in Columbia, S.C.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The longganisa omelet is an ode to breakfast with its garlicky, homemade pork sausage, and the chicken adobo is zesty and flavorful.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
The little one was dressed in a grey onesie covered in brown footballs – an ode to her 29-year-old Kansas City Chiefs quarterback father.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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The hymn was first written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in the late 1800s.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The task, after all—the business at hand—is to write a poem.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.—
Adriana Lee,
WWD,
26 Nov. 2024
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And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Natalie Morales: And some of the lyrics — just excruciating.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Samberg hilariously jumped in to sing the Bradley Cooper half of the duet, but botched both the high notes and the lyrics before giving up.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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In 1925, Hass (rhymes with pass) was 33 years old and earning 25 cents an hour as a mail carrier in Pasadena.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
1 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes bordering on the religious, Smith's rhymes are crisp and easily understood− an aberration from some of the mumble rap that has risen to prominence in recent years.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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It can be read as either a defiant declaration or a bitter lament.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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This was followed by a reading of Psalm 42, a lament about an isolated believer who is longing for God’s presence.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Despite its racist underpinnings, my grandmother loved Gone with the Wind and was always inspired by Margaret Mitchell's transformation of her family stories into a sweeping epic.—
Erin Crosby Eckstine,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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But as he’s expanded his purview from a family drama to a century-spanning epic, Harrison’s conclusions have gotten more pat, too neatly in the zone of college philosophy class.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
15 Mar. 2024
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Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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His voice is notably more robust which makes for ballads that pack a much heavier punch than some of his earlier efforts in that space.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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The combination of classic material and an A-list of artists from multiple generations would have been enough to melt anyone’s icy blue heart, even the chilly woman who was the subject of the old Hiatt ballad of that name.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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